[issue8308] raw_bytes.decode('cp932') -- spurious mappings

Changes by R. David Murray : -- resolution: -> wont fix stage: test needed -> committed/rejected status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker ___ ___

[issue8308] raw_bytes.decode('cp932') -- spurious mappings

John Machin added the comment: Thanks, Martin. Issue closed as far as I'm concerned. -- ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list ma

[issue8308] raw_bytes.decode('cp932') -- spurious mappings

Martin v. Löwis added the comment: This mapping is in conformance with the de-facto standard of that encoding, Microsoft Windows, see http://www.autumn.org/etc/unidif.html http://mail.python.org/pipermail/i18n-sig/2003-June/001598.html http://homepage1.nifty.com/nomenclator/perl/ShiftJIS-CP932

[issue8308] raw_bytes.decode('cp932') -- spurious mappings

Changes by Ezio Melotti : -- nosy: +ezio.melotti priority: -> normal stage: -> test needed ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-lis

[issue8308] raw_bytes.decode('cp932') -- spurious mappings

New submission from John Machin : According to the following references, the bytes 80, A0, FD, FE, and FF are not defined in cp932: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-au/goglobal/cc305152.aspx http://www.unicode.org/Public/MAPPINGS/VENDORS/MICSFT/WINDOWS/CP932.TXT http://demo.icu-project.org/icu-bin/